The Machias Bay Chamber is hosting a 2022 Historic Film and Discussion Series. We will be showing a film each Friday in March and April at the train station, borrowed from the collection at Northeast Historic Film in Bucksport. Each movie will be followed by a discussion and refreshments with an expert on each topic. These events are partially funded through a Downeast Wind community grant.
Fridays, 6 pm, beginning March 4 – April 22 = Eight events. Admission is free, limited space, donations will be accepted.
The showings include:
#1. March 4 = From Stump to Ship (28 minutes), River Run (21 minutes) Charlie Robbins and Chuck Henderson
#2. March 11 = Jenny’s Island Life (42 minutes) Alf Wakeman
#3. March 18 = Song of the Drum: Petroglyphs (47 minutes) Bernie Vinzani
#4. March 25 = Earliest Maine Films (44 minutes)
Historians: Valdine Atwood, Joe McBrine, Lyman Holmes
#5. April 1 = Light Spirit: Lighthouses of Maine (54 minutes) Bill Kitchen and Tim Harrison
#6. April 8 = Cherryfield 1938 (6 minutes), Nature’s Blueberry Land (13 min), Movie Queen of Lubec (28 min) Finest Kind (28 min) and Maine Sardines (16 min) Ruth Luebecker
#7. April 15 = Passamaquoddy Basketmakers (28 min) Passamaquoddy basketmakers
#8. April 22 = Islander (fiction, 101 min.) Coastal expert, Tora Johnson